roast

Adjective

• (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven

Noun

• negative criticism

• a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

Verb

• subject to laughter or ridicule
  • The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house
    
  • The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher
    
  • His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday
    

• cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
  • roast the turkey
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  roasted , knock , joint , ridicule , guy , blackguard , laugh at , jest at , rib , make fun , poke fun